1 slain, 2 hurt in West Side shooting

January 02, 2007

A man was killed and two other men were wounded early Monday in a shooting on the West Side, Chicago police said.

Mario Allen, 31, of the 5000 block of West Washington Boulevard, was pronounced dead at about 2:10 a.m. Monday at Mt. Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. An autopsy showed he died of gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide.

The shooting occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Monday in the 4700 block of West Ohio Street, and when police arrived, Allen was found lying unresponsive in the street, authorities said.

Initial police reports stated that the three men were arguing and began shooting at each other. But later, a Chicago police spokeswoman said it was unclear whether they shot at each other or whether someone else shot at them.

One of the men, 48, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was said to be in guarded condition with a gunshot wound in the abdomen, according to a police spokeswoman and police documents.

The third man, 29, was in stable condition at Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound in one of his legs, police said.

"As far as motive or what led up to the shooting, that's still under investigation," Police Officer John Mirabelli said.